After that i am more fearful for being a mother. I pray everyday to not have to endure what those poor grieving parents that have had kids abducted been through or go through. I have a 7 yr old and i tell him everyday, more like i drill him everyday, about safety and what to do and how to do it. For someone not to stop and help scares me. I am more likely to do what someone else said above: i stop and observe the situation. if it is actually a child having a temper tantrum or something serious wrong.... then you take action. You can be in a store hear a kid scream and know 1. if it is a temper tantrum and not getting their way or 2. something serious wrong. We as moms know the cries and screams and how to gauge them.

I just make sure i stick to my son like glue. He is never out of my sight nor is he ever out of sight with my parents nor my ex-husband or his parents sight. my next door neighbors onthe other hand scare me. There son is a yr younger then mine and 2 yrs ago he was wandering around the development on his bike and his mother and father and siblings were inthe house without care in the world. These
are the ones who SHOULD worry.